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41. Turntable

    Seven nights of DJs and dancing

    Published: July 31, 2008

    THURSDAY 31 Axis/Radius: Divine Ladies Night with MCB & DJ Devine (various) Bikini Lounge: DJ HFE (rockabilly, surf, jazz, classic country, indie, obscuro) Blooze Bar:...

42. Cafe

    Celebrity chefs Eddie Matney and Christopher Gross stake their names on new restaurants

    By Michele Laudig

    Published: July 31, 2008

    Let's hear it for the home team. Eddie Matney and Christopher Gross are two of the area's best-known celebrity chefs, and each opened his own namesake restaurant —...

43. Film

    WIth a new sequel, The Mummy franchise has seen better days

    By Vadim Rizov

    Published: July 31, 2008

    I was 13 when Stephen Sommers' 1999 remake-in-name-only of The Mummy came out. It was just about the ideal age. Sommers is definitely some kind of junk-addled auteur, and if...

44. Film

    Does American Teen reinforce high school stereotypes?

    By Ella Taylor

    Published: July 31, 2008

    Notwithstanding all the pundit-driven hot air about the horrors of being young in today's America, I'm willing to buy the argument that it's getting harder to survive those...

45. Film

    Swing Vote has presidential candidates vying for one heart and mind

    By Scott Foundas

    Published: July 31, 2008

    Swing Vote is an election-themed comedy that's about twice as smart as you expect it to be and still only half as smart as you wish it was. The clever premise, which would have...

46. Film

    Nine hours shorter, Brideshead Revisited gets back to the source

    By Ella Taylor

    Published: July 31, 2008

    Making notes in 1949 for a review of Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited, George Orwell wrote, "Waugh is about as good a novelist as one can be . . . while holding untenable...

47. Stage

    And the Robbie Award goes to…

    By Robrt L. Pela

    Published: July 31, 2008

    It's that time of the year again, when playhouses are mostly dark and pretend awards take the place of real entertainment. This, the fifth Robbie Awards, is a black-tie event,...

48. Game On

    Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution releases your inner despot

    By Gary Hodges

    Published: July 31, 2008

    Gandhi is threatening to invade my country if I don't share the secrets of gunpowder with him. Consulting with my advisers, I'm told his army is no threat, its technology far...